DAY TRIP: Carmelo Anthony (left) drives to the basket past Philadelphia's Spencer Hawes during Denver's 110-99 loss to the Sixers last night. Anthony and the Nuggets will play the Nets tonight.AP

PHILADELPHIA — Carmelo Anthony will be in New Jersey tonight for the first time since the start of ‘MeloDrama, the circus of trade talks that have embarrassed the Nets, tantalized the Knicks and at times distracted the Nuggets.

After Anthony’s Nuggets lost 110-99 to the 76ers here last night, the forward reiterated he’s keeping all his options open. But both Anthony and NBA sources say the Nets aren’t expected to reopen talks with Denver, and the forward admits he watched the Knicks’ win over Miami and praised their hiring of former Nuggets general manager Mark Warkentien as a great addition.

“Did they?” Anthony perked up upon hearing the news, animatedly interrupting a follow-up. “[Is that] surprising? Yeah. As far as I am concerned, I guess that’s a great addition to that organization.”

But what organization will Anthony be a great addition to? He reiterated “all my options are open,” but his reluctance to sign Denver’s three-year, $65 million extension on the table or even meet with the Nets led to owner Mikhail Prokhorov flying from Russia on Jan. 19, canceling the next day’s meeting with Anthony, and nixing the deal.

“I don’t know who put that deal out there. I’m pretty sure that could’ve been something to look forward to in New Jersey,” Anthony said, but admitting with a chuckle he doesn’t expect the Nets to resume talks.

“I don’t think the Nets will be calling. Nobody’s going to come out publicly and do a press conference like that and then go back on their word — especially a man like that,” the forward said of Prokhorov. “He’s a businessman. He doesn’t conduct business like that. I take my hat off to him.”

The Nets need the Brooklyn-born Anthony for both athletic and business reasons, especially moving into his home borough in 2012-13.

They’re 14-34 and came into last night averaging an NBA-worst 12,929 fans. It’s unclear how they will respond to Anthony tonight, but there will be rare electricity in Prudential Center.

“I really don’t know what to expect to be honest with you,” Anthony said.

The same could be said of the ‘MeloDrama, which Prokhorov told a Russian journalist cost his team 3-5 wins and Nuggets coach George Karl admits distracted his team at times.

Last night they allowed the Sixers to shoot 55.1 percent from the field, and saw Anthony held to a dozen points on 3-of-12 shooting with six turnovers.

With both knees tightening up last night and the Nuggets arriving in the wee hours, Anthony said he won’t be visiting New York City.

“No, I’m not. I’m not stepping foot in New York. I’m not going across that bridge or through that tunnel,” Anthony said.

Anthony, however, said he “watched a little” of the Knicks’ victory over LeBron James and the Heat this week.

“There was a lot of intensity,” he said. “It looked like it was a lot of fun . . . for those guys.”

Now it remains to be seen if he’ll be one of those guys soon, at the trade deadline or this summer.